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Lake Mungo (2008)
Not what it might appear to be
Don't read this unless you want to know what is really going on this movie. It took me a little while to realize that what I was watching was not what I thought was a genuine documentary. It's a piece of fiction disguised as a doc. It's a gimmick, but it works well enough. The filmmakers have done an excellent job of re-creating the look, sound, feel of the real thing. As for the film itself, I admit I was a bit bored at first - "another documentary presented in standard TV-like style," I thought. But I became engrossed in the story and found it interesting. A good plot twist sends things off in another direction from the ghost story aspect and this is when the story really takes off.
Musta jää (2007)
I am the minority who didn't like this film
Just reviewed this flick as an entry to a major film festival. I am truly surprised at how many people simply love this movie. I watched the entire thing, was fairly engrossed in it (loved the two lead actresses - to me the best thing about the film), then had to sit down to write up a synopsis, etc., for it. Upon writing the synopsis I realized I really didn't like this film much at all. I've seen so many tales of infidelity that have bored me to tears that I thought that this one had been different. I had some kind of disconnect going on and wondered what had changed between the watching and the reviewing. It dawned on me that this film was just a quite well made, feature length soap opera and that I felt tricked. It was like a sick day spent at home blowing my nose and watching one soap after another and getting deeply involved in them and then realizing, once the day was over, that I'd filled my brain with silly histrionics and bad writing. I'm the minority here, for sure.